Selected Images

Photograph of a Young Woman (Edith Lee-Payne) at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, with a Banner

Photograph of a Young Woman at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, with a Banner. August 28, 1963. National Archives

John Lewis speaking to the American Society of Newspaper Editors

John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Ray Charles. Drawing by Anita Kunz

Ray Charles. Drawing by Anita Kunz, [1982].

National Museum of African American History and Culture Photograph by Richard Karchmer

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Souvenir program autographed by Marian Anderson

Promotional and souvenir program autographed by Marian Anderson

Hand tinted portrait of Pauline C. Cookman in uniform

Hand tinted portrait of Pauline C. Cookman in uniform

Photographic print of Robert Scurlock holding a camera

Photographic print of Robert Scurlock holding a camera. Photograph by: Scurlock Studio.

Photograph of African American students in a science lab

Photograph of students in a science lab. Created by: Lewis Wickes Hine

Abstract image of an African American girl wearing a red dress, seated in front of a window.

“Girl in Red.” Lithograph by Robert Blackburn, [1950].

©The Robert Blackburn Trust. Used with permission.

Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair

Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, probably at her home in Auburn, New York

Library of Congress

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Martin Luther King leaning on a lectern. 1964

Martin Luther King press conference / [MST].

Official portrait of President Barack Obama in the Oval Office

Official portrait of President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, Dec. 6, 2012. Official White House photo by Pete Souza.

Dr. Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress

Dr. Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress.

Library of Congress

Rosa Parks seated in the front of a public bus, likely a staged photograph

Rosa Parks seated in the front of a public bus, likely a staged photograph representing the end of segregated buses and her role in the Montgomery bus boycott from 1955 to 1956

Library of Congress

Official portrait of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

Official portraits of the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court: Justice Thurgood Marshall

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet at Carnegie Hall 1947

Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947

18th century engraving of servant Phillis Wheatley seated at a table with quill pen and paper.

Phillis Wheatley, Poet

Susie King Taylor

Susie King Taylor

Mary Church Terrell, three-quarter length seated portrait

Mary Church Terrell, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front

Singer Marian Anderson being congratulated by Interior Secretary Ickes at a concert in Washington, D.C., April 9, 1939

Interior Secretary Ickes congratulates Marian Anderson at concert. Washington, D.C., April 9. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, who introduced Marian Anderson at her open-air concert at the shrine of the president who freed her race from slavery, congratulating her after the concert to which an estimated 75,000 listened

Library of Congress

Poster of singer Madame M. Sissieretta Jones, known as The Black Patti.

The Black Patti, Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones the greatest singer of her race.

Photograph of African American woman in red headscarf and blue coveralls working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber with a hand drill. 1943

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber, Tennessee

Library of Congress

Tintype photograph of unidentified African American Union soldier with a rifle and revolver, Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri

Unidentified African American Union soldier with a rifle and revolver in front of painted backdrop showing weapons and American flag at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri

Library of Congress

Tintype photograph of unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters

Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters

Library of Congress

Tintype photograph of unidentified African American sailor in Union uniform sitting with arm resting on table

Unidentified African American sailor in Union uniform sitting with arm resting on table.

Library of Congress

Tintype photograph of unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with cavalry saber

Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with cavalry saber in front of painted backdrop showing landscape.

Library of Congress

Photograph of African American Soldier John Sharper in Union army uniform.

John Sharper

Library of Congress

Colored army teamsters, Cobb Hill, Virginia

Colored army teamsters, Cobb Hill, Virginia

Library of Congress

Soldiers of the 79th New York at camp

Soldiers of the 79th New York at camp.

Library of Congress

Life in Camp Cameron

Life in Camp Cameron

Library of Congress

Young African American woman, three-quarter length portrait

Young African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, with hands folded on her lap

Library of Congress

Portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune

Portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune

Library of Congress

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C.

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress

Wood engraving of slaves wearing handcuffs and shackles passing the United States Capitol, around 1815.

A slave-coffle passing the Capitol

Library of Congress

Ralph Abernathy, head-and-shoulders, at National Press Club luncheon

Ralph Abernathy, head-and-shoulders, at National Press Club luncheon.

Library of Congress

Map of Liberia from the office of the American Colonization Society. 1845

Map of Liberia 1845

Library of Congress

Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry

Arlington, Va. Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corcoran

Library of Congress

A segregated drinking fountain. Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A drinking fountain

Library of Congress